The days leading up to a proposal are generally full of angst for the person who is doing the asking. From wondering what to say to fretting over the response you’ll get, millions of thoughts are running through the person’s mind. For Rosana Gambino, she was most concerned about the effect the oncoming hurricane would have on her proposal plans to girlfriend Jerilyn Sawyer. “Frankenstorm was on her way,” Rosana wrote on her blog. “As the day grew nearer, so did the looming threat of my beautifully planned proposal being washed down the drains of Massachusettes Avenue.”

But Sandy didn’t get in the way of this awesome flash mob proposal. The couple’s anniversary was during October and Jerilyn wanted to attend a ghost tour to reenact their first date. Jerilyn found a haunted tour in Harvard Square and the couple decided to get tickets and invite family along. Little did Jerilyn know, Rosana was planning to propose that night. Rosana had gotten together a flashmob made up of various dance groups at Northeastern University where she went to school. Rosana had hired a DJ for that night and had attended several rehearsals leading up to the date, while Jerilyn unsuspectedly thought she was at dinner with friends. On October 28, as everyone arrived at the ghost tour Jerilyn heard music playing in the square and soon 15 dancers were performing right before them. When “Marry You” by Bruno Mars came on Rosana danced a solo towards Jerilyn and asked her to marry her. “The rain and chill in the air from the incoming Hurricane Sandy didn’t seem to matter anymore,” she says. “All I could feel was complete shock.”

Jerilyn says she was “blown away” by the proposal — now referred to as the Harvard Square Flashmob Proposal.

In today’s tabloids, short lived marriages make headlines: from Britney Spears’ 55-hour long marriage with ex Jason Alexander, to Kim Kardashian’s 72-day marriage to basketball star Kris Humphries. Despite the short-lived celeb nuptials, there are some couples’ relationships that withstand years. Karam Chand, age 107, and wife Katari, 100, just celebrated 87 years of marriage making them the world’s longest married couple (5 years longer than the current Guinness record holders).

The couple says the key to a lasting marriage is in the little gestures they do for one another. Karam was once told that laughing makes you live longer and apparently, it makes relationships last longer too. “My trick is to make Katari laugh,” Karam says. “I like to tell jokes and make her smile. Being funny is my way of being romantic.” Katari looks after her husband by making him healthy meals. “When I was young I used to make him a nice fresh meal every night. We are vegetarian so I brought lots of fresh vegetables and made sure he was eating healthy food,” she says. Most importantly, Karam says listening is crucial! “I don’t think people take the time to listen to each other properly. People seem too busy today with work, TV and other stuff going on around them,” he says.